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My sister is a young millennial in her late 20s and lives at home with our mom. They live in Los Angeles. My sister will likely NEVER be able to afford to buy a
by supertofu 3y ago
My sister is a young millennial in her late 20s and lives at home with our mom. They live in Los Angeles. My sister will likely NEVER be able to afford to buy a house in Los Angeles, and there is no sense in paying rent when our mom is happy for the company.
My mom is an immigrant, and she has always welcomed her adult children to live with her (even to the point of insistence). I fully expect to go live with her when she reaches her elderly years. I'm even kind of looking forward to it. I live across the country from my whole family and this has been a very isolating experience, even if it was my choice to do so.
I don't think it is weird for adults to live with their family. I actually think it's weirder and more unnatural NOT to live near or close to your family.
- riku_iki 3y agoso, does your sister have plans to have husband and kids?
- supertofu 3y agoYep. My mom would be happy for her and any future husband to raise their kids in her house if my sister chose not to move out.
- jnkl 3y agoWould it still be "her house" or more of a grandma-lives-with-us-situation? My sister lived with her kids and husband under the same roof with my mother and the situation was extremely complicated because my sister always were to be a guest in a way.
- supertofu 3y agoYou know, with my mom being a single mom, I think there is something of an interdependency between her and her youngest child (my sister). Possibly even a codependency. That is to say: there is no real power struggle between them. They accept their roles as mother and daughter pretty well. They share their space effectively because they both accept their roles. If my sister were to exert more of a commanding influence on the household, there could be conflict, but so far this has not been the case.